Horses We Love
Eight Names Entered For Del Mar’s Pat O’Brien
August 25, 2018 | Margaret RansomLeading Candidate Ransom The Moon, Others Expected To Scratch By Margaret Ransom The names of eight horses were dropped into Del Mar’s entry box for Saturday’s $200,000 Pat O’Brien Stakes (G2), with six runners coming from the barn of two leading trainers — John Sadler and Phil D’Amato. Agave Racing’s Bing Crosby Stakes (G2) […]
Two American Pharoah Yearlings Reach Seven Figures To Top The Saratoga Sale
August 6, 2018 | Mary PerdueTriple Crown Winner’s Offspring Continue to Impress By Mary Perdue Seven yearlings from the first crop of 2015 Triple Crown winner American Pharoah passed through the sales ring on the first night of Fasig-Tipton’s annual The Saratoga Sale with two bringing the highest two prices of the session and both topping the $1 million […]
Fifteen American Pharoah Yearlings Cataloged For Fasig-Tipton Saratoga
August 2, 2018 | Mary PerdueTriple Crown Winner Represented By Standout Colts And Fillies In Select Sale By Mary Perdue Buyers at the upcoming Fasig-Tipton Saratoga yearling sale, set for August 6 and 7, will have the opportunity to purchase 15 offspring by 2015 Triple Crown winner American Pharoah, the largest offering to date of this aspiring stallion superstar. Seven […]
Undefeated Triple Crown Champ Justify Retired
July 25, 2018 | Margaret RansomThirteenth Triple Crown Winner Retires With Six Career Victories By Margaret Ransom WinStar Farm, China Horse Club, Head of Plains Partners and Starlight Racing’s Triple Crown winner Justify has been retired after a perfect record of six wins from six starts and earnings of $3,798,000. The handsome son of Scat Daddy developed some filling […]
Monomoy Girl On Her Way To Greatness
July 20, 2018 | Scott DickTapizar Filly Shows Versatility Is Her Super Power by Scott Dick In all sports, greatness is defined in many different ways, often with championships. With the Breeders’ Cup World Championships just a mere three months away, this is the time of year where horse racing’s most talented horses begin to emerge on the road […]
Arrogate’s Journey: From The Record Books To A New Life As A Stallion
June 27, 2018 | Mary PerdueAs the 2018 Northern Hemisphere thoroughbred breeding season comes to a close, we take a look back on the first year for superstar Arrogate, who retired in 2017 as North America’s richest racehorse of all time with more than $17.4 million in earnings. By Mary Perdue Late on April 10, 2013, at Clearsky Farms in […]
Chocolate Martini Headlines Summertime Oaks At Santa Anita
June 15, 2018 | Margaret RansomSix Set for Santa Anita Sophomore Filly Feature By Margaret Ransom The $200,000 Summertime Oaks (GII) will be run for the fifth time at Santa Anita Park on Saturday after being transferred from Hollywood Park when it closed in 2013. Formerly known as the Hollywood Oaks, the race kept its 1 1/16-mile distance as well as […]
Justify Achieves Immortality As Racing’s 13th Triple Crown Winner
June 10, 2018 | Margaret RansomChestnut Colt Joins Exclusive and Legendary Club By Margaret Ransom There was a good reason why there were only 12. Since Sir Barton in 1919 became the first winner of the three races now known as horse racing’s Triple Crown – The Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes and the Belmont Stakes – only 11 […]
Gomez ‘Touching The Sky’ With Justify
June 9, 2018 | Margaret RansomLongtime Exercise Rider Living His Dreams With Special Colt By Margaret Ransom The truth is, exercise riders are oftentimes among the unsung heroes of the racing game. While the owners pay the bills and stand proudly in the winner’s circle, the trainers receive the praise for expert conditioning and the jockeys book endorsements and bask […]
Nine Try To Deny Justify A Triple Crown In Belmont Stakes
June 8, 2018 | Margaret RansomDual Classic Winner Looks To Become 13th Triple Crown Winner By Margaret Ransom It hardly seems like three years since the world witnessed American Pharoah capture the first Triple Crown in 37 years, but here we are again with Justify, as he attempts to become the 13th horse in history to win all three jewels — […]
